IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS ON RECOUNT TEXT USING WATTPAD FOR CLASS VIII SMP N 5 PATI

This research was conducted to investigate the application of Wattpad media in
improving the ability of class VIII-A students of SMP N 5 Pati in writing recount
texts. This study used a quantitative method with a one group design. The sample
of this research is students of class VIII-A, amounting to 30 people. This research
was conducted through the following procedures: giving a pre-test, followed by
treatment using the Wattpad application, and finally doing a post-test. The results
of the study show that there is a significant difference between the pre-test and
post-test values. This can be seen from the data analysis using a paired sample T
Test with a sig. (2-tailed) < 0.05. The hypothesis result is 0.000, which indicates
that it is less than 0.05 (0.000 <0.05). So, H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted. The
average score of the students' pre-test was 62.67, and the average score of the
students' post-test was 79.33. So, it can be concluded that there is a significant
difference between students' ability to write recount texts, especially between
those who are taught using Wattpad and those who are not taught using Wattpad.
Keywords: writing, recount text, Wattpad app